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Baicher was born and raised in California. He lived in Santa Clara County while growing up and entered organized soccer with the Sunnyvale United Soccer Club. He also attended Homestead High School where he played on the boys soccer team. After graduating from high school, Baicher attended Foothill College, a local two year community college near his home. In 1989, he transferred to Santa Clara University where he spent the next two seasons. In 1989, Baichers first year with the Broncos, the team shared the NCAA championship title with Virginia after the two schools played even through four overtimes. While at Santa Clara, he paired with fellow forward Paul Bravo who later teamed with Baicher at both the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks and the San Jose Clash. He ended his two years at Santa Clara fifth on the NCAA list of assists per game with 37 in 43 games.

While still in college, Baicher began playing for the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks of the Western Soccer League during the collegiate off season. He would remain with the Blackhawks for their entire existence under that name, beginning with the team’s first season in 1989 and ending in 1991. During his years with the Blackhawks, he became an integral part of this dominant U.S. club, seeing time in 17 games and scoring 3 goals in the 1992 season. That same season, the Blackhawks went to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. The last two seasons saw Baicher play for Laurie Calloway as well as former Broncos team mate Paul Bravo .[1]

In 1991, he traveled to England where he had a trial with Manchester United. Although he played games with the reserve squad, he was never offered a contract.

Regardless, Baicher spent only the remainder of the 1999 season with the Revs before being traded, with a third round draft pick, to the Kansas City Wizards on January 3, 2000 for the Wizards’ second, third and fourth round picks in the 2000 Super Draft.[4] Baicher was furious with the trade and refused to move to Kansas City. He had spent his entire playing career in the San Francisco bay area and his wife had long established herself in the Silicon Valley computer industry. He demanded that the league send him back to San Jose. When MLS refused to invalidate the trade or pressure the Wizards to send him to the Earthquakes, Baicher retired from MLS.[5] That year, he played for the Bay Area Seals of the USL A-League. He was named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year[6] The team folded at the end of the season and Baicher retired from playing professionally.